مسجد قوت الاسلام
English title: MIGHT OF ISLAM MOSQUE
Now naught remains in Muslim's breast, his heart devoid of glint and glow: He avowed with zeal 'No God but He', but dead and cold the zeal for show.
The Muslim's state has so declined that Nature fails to know at sight, because the slavish acts of Ayaz have put Mahmud's high rank in plight.
You have withstood the ruin of Time and kept your ground as firm as rock. Constraint has turned the Muslims weak; you put them all to shame and shock.
The worship of such Muslims suits your structure immense and so vast, who with one breath that God is Great; found truth and lies away are cast.
The Muslim's breast is quite bereft of previous heat and ardour strong; his blessings, worship are devoid of innate heat and fret since long.
His call to prayer is devoid of lofty tones and grandeur great; O God, let this be known to him, will you let him 'fore you prostrate?
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — مسجد قوت الاسلام — Digital transcription file at commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the source dataset does not identify the underlying print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Iqbal Demystified source list: Zarb-e-Kalim — Pinned digital dataset commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the underlying print edition is not identified by the dataset.Community dataset list; not reconciled against a print edition.Source
- Zarb-e-Kalim English translation at allama-iqbal.com — The Mosque of the Power of Islam — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Syed Akbar Ali Shah; English Translation by: Syed Akbar Ali ShahSource